Bialkowska, Anna

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 16 June 2016 4 April 2011

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This inspection: Good 2

Effectiveness of the leadership and management Good 2

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This inspection: Good 2

Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good 2

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This inspection: Good 2

Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good 2

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This provision is good

 Children make good progress in relation to their starting points. The childminder uses observations and assessments effectively to monitor children's development and help them achieve the next steps in their learning.  The childminder works very efficiently with her assistant to supervise children closely, keep them safe and secure, and to meet their care routines consistently.  Children are happy and active, and develop warm and trusting relationships with the childminder and her assistant. They explore freely and confidently, and share lots of laughter with one another in play.  The childminder undertakes regular professional development to extend her knowledge and skills. For example, since her last inspection she has completed a childcare qualification. As well as improving her teaching practice, this has helped her to work in closer partnership with parents to meet children's needs efficiently and to keep them

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This provision is good

fully involved in their children's learning.

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It is not yet outstanding because:

 Sometimes in busier outdoor activities the childminder does not hear and include the voices of the younger children, missing chances to promote their communication and language skills further.  The childminder does not encourage children's mathematical development as well as possible; for example, she does not regularly count or use number language.

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What the setting needs to do to improve further

To further improve the quality of the early years provision the provider should:

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What the setting needs to do to improve further

 develop the organisation of outdoor activities to make sure younger children's communication and language is encouraged as well as possible  increase opportunities for children to hear and use number language in their play to extend their mathematical development further.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed activities and the quality of the childminder's interaction with the children.  The inspector observed the management of children's care routines.  The inspector looked at children's assessment records.  The inspector sampled the childminder's documentation and discussed her knowledge of the requirements of the early years foundation stage.  The inspector observed the childminder working with her assistant.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is good

Safeguarding is effective. The childminder has a good understanding of her role and responsibilities to promote children's welfare. This includes how to respond in the event of a concern about a child. The childminder reflects on each day's activities and her assistant's interaction to monitor the quality of her provision and to make ongoing improvements. For example, she now provides a dedicated bathroom for changing minded children's nappies, and has increased the range of toys reflecting positive images of diversity for children. The childminder and her assistant attend regular training courses and keep up to date regarding new information to ensure they promote children's learning and welfare consistently.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

The childminder plans and provides a good range of activities to help children achieve their next steps for learning. She encourages children to create their own ideas and games, and supports them well in achieving these. For example, children construct a bridge from building blocks indoors. The childminder extends this idea into the garden where children work together efficiently for a long time to create a larger scale bridge which they balance on and younger children crawl along. As children become more confident, she challenges them to find ways to prevent blocks from wobbling, to measure and compare the lengths of the bridge, and she adds objects for them to jump through. Children proudly declare, 'I did it,' as they succeed.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

Children play happily for long periods outdoors with a wealth of activities to support their all-round development. For example, children dig in soil, play with water, create games and draw on blackboards while the childminder talks through their play to build their language and understanding. They use natural resources, such as sticks, and recycled objects to create models which they then use in imaginative play. The childminder provides a safe area for children to learn new skills, such as using scissors to cut materials. Children benefit from many activities in which they explore their own cultures and beliefs as well as those of others attending, to help them learn about their world.

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Outcomes for children are good

Children are happy, settled and make good progress in their learning and development from the start. They learn about and celebrate good social qualities and their own strengths, such as teamwork, fairness, honesty and making friends. Children develop good skills for their future learning and are well prepared to move on to school. For example, they develop good self-confidence, independence and an interest in learning, and older children communicate confidently.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY412359 Local authority Brent Inspection number 831998 Type of provision Childminder Day care type Childminder Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register Age range of children 1 - 4 Total number of places 6 Number of children on roll 14

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Name of registered person

Date of previous inspection 4 April 2011

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Telephone number

The childminder registered in 2010. She lives in Kensal Rise in the London Borough of Brent. The childminder regularly works with an assistant. The childminder offers care from 8am to 6pm from Monday to Friday. The childminder receives funding for the provision of free early years education for children aged two, three and four years. The childminder is qualified to level 3 in childcare and education.

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Telephone number

This inspection was carried out by Ofsted under sections 49 and 50 of the Childcare Act 2006 on the quality and standards of provision that is registered on the Early Years Register. The registered person must ensure that this provision complies with the statutory framework for children’s learning, development and care, known as the early years foundation stage.

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Telephone number

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